Mantra 18

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

nā́syá paśū́n ná samāná̄n hinásti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He harmeth not his cattle, nor his fellows of like estate—whoso thus hath knowledge.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध) अव्यय

• अस्य: of him / of this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• पशून्: cattle, animals
• पशून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध) अव्यय

• समानान्: equals, peers
• समानान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिनस्ति: harms, injures
• हिनस्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) [हिंसागत्योः]

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) [ज्ञाने]

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous

Devata: Knowledge as efficacy; implicitly Rudraic protection in context

Chandas: Prose/mixed

Mantra Rasa

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